Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-09
SLASHED WITH A RAZOR.
A Man Dying from Wounds Inflicted
by an Escaped Convict.
TIE RUFFTAN WHO WELDED THE WEAPON FINRD
IN THE POLICE COURT FOR ASSAULT.

THE RUFF1AN WHO WIELDkD THk WEAPON F1NKD =
IN THE P0LIcR COURT FOR ASSAULT.
Some time ago young colored man named Geo
Jackson, alias 'sBuck" Drayton, was before the
Police Court for cruelty to animals and assault
and was fined $50 or 80 days In the workhouse fol
the cruelty and was given one month for the as
sault He served his time in jail and had served
about one month in the workhouse, when he es-
capped. wednesday afternoon he was recaptured
by Officers Maddox and Keefe, and Thursday
morning he was taken to the Police Court to be
again committed to the workhouse. On Monday
afternoon jackson had assaulted and nearly killed
another colored man named Andrew Blackburn,
but the officers knew nothing Of it, except
the mere fact that there had been fight
aged to get to the court, and swore to an In
formation charging Jackson with simple assault.
AS the facts were not made known to the court, q
fine OF $ was imposed, and jackson was sent down
for an additional fifteen days.
THE WOUNDED MANS STATEMENT.
According to the injured mans statement, Jack
son and he had been in house on Fletcher's Hill,
between oath and 18th and and streets north
west, where they had q bucket of beer. They
came out OF the house, and while standing near
the front door Jackson, without any provocatl0n,
cut Blackburn twice across the abdomen with q
razor.
BLACKBURN THOUGHT TO BE DYING.
Since his appearance in court on Thursday
Blackburn has been growing worse. DR.. Newman,
who has been attending him, was of the opinion
that the injured man could not receive the proper
attention at his home, and last evening he was re-
moved to Freedman'S Hospital. This morning 1t
was reported that he was very low, and would
probably die
The police have notified the officers at the work.
mousse TO hold Jackson The officers also Swore out
warrant against jackson for assault with in
tent TO KILL and the was continued Indefinitely
In the Police Court to-day.
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CURIOUS OLD CHAIN FOUND IN SPRING.-A
correspondent sends to THE STAR a gold chain
which he recently found while bail1ng out the
Little Spa Sulphur Spring." near Hyattsville,
Nd. From all appearances the chain has been q
long time IN the corroding water, as its links are
Dlackened by the sulphur. Upon close eXamfna-
ton with a microscope it is apparent that at one
time there has been suspended from 1t a watch or
miniature; also in space no larger than the area
OF pfn-head, are dScernible the letters ''NOEL."
The writer offers two solutions OF the problem Of
the origin OF this chain and the means by which It
FOUND 1IS way to the spring. According to a
BladenSburg tradition murder was committed at
this spot, the criminal escaping. The cOrrespOn-
dent suggests an analogy between the chain and
the crime and the possibility OF discovering the
true facts OF the homicide by means OF this bit Of
furnished gold. Then he goes back to more an
clent times, before BladenSDurg had either tradt-
lions or existence, and, finding that "NOEI4" re-
versed spells "LEON," he asks why the chain
could not have belonged to that famous Spanish
explorer, Ponce DE Leon, who, In his search for
the fountain OF youth and everlasting life might
have wandered from Florida into the vicinity of
Hyattsvtlle On embryo then) and tested the quail
ties OF the sulphur spring.